Antigua will host representatives from 17 partner nations and the United States for the multinational exercise, Tradewinds 2014, from June 1 until June 10.

The United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) is the executive agent of Tradewinds 2014 and will conduct the maritime training and disaster response exercise in collaboration with the U.S. Coast Guard and other facilitating agencies.

Tradewinds 2014 will bring together more than 300 law enforcement officers, military personnel, and government representatives from the Dutch Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States.